Junk email filter not working on sites such as xxx@lwgqa.unwanteddomain.com

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Junk email filter not working on sites such as xxx@lwgqa.unwanteddomain.com

I have just started getting (unwanted and unsolicited) emails from these two sites...they seem to be using an random set of characters after the &quot;@&quot;, as in the above examples, the lwgga and nxndl, presumably to fool the junk email filtering. I tried adding just the last two bits of the domain (i.e. .unwanteddomain.com etc) to the junk email filter but it doesn't seem to work...

Re: Junk email filter not working on sites such as xxx@lwgqa.foo.bar

Where are the addresses that you quote? In the "From" field or in the "Reply-to" or "Return-Path" field?

If this is really just SPAM, then the e-mail might be originating from anywhere and the addresses forged. Check the header of the e-mail and locate the last "Received: from" field (there may be more than one but you need the last one). This will give you the name and corresponding IP address of the computer that originally sent the e-mail. Check to see if your e-mails are all coming from one IP address.

If they are you can set up a filter in Outlook to block e-mail with that IP address (or a suitable range of addresses) in the header.

Better still, report the SPAM to SpamCop who will check the routing of the e-mail and report the abuse to the appropriate ISP.

BTW, please don't post e-mail addresses or your post and the thread will be deleted for breaching forum guidelines..